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Word: seizo (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...like a seismograph's needle. For the fourth time in three weeks Premier General Kuniaki Koiso, who is dubbed "The Tiger" and has a catlike talent for landing on his political feet, again shuffled his feet and his Cabinet. He accepted the resignation of portly, aging (68) Admiral Seizo Kobayashi, lover of bridge, ex-governor of Formosa, onetime naval commander in chief, and president of the powerful Imperial Rule Assistance Political Society (Japan's totalitarian party). The Admiral did not sail into retirement. He tacked away on a new job : creating a new, really total, totalitarian party - which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Tremblings | 3/12/1945 | See Source »

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